American Idol try outs!!

San Fran was so beautiful and crazy! The weather is something I have never witnessed, I couldn't believe that the fog moved so quickly. The scenery was gorgeous and worth freezing to see. The vibe is so different, almost like everyone just goes with the flow.

Traffic was another story, I have never seen so many angry drivers or people who couldn't drive. We reserved a Hyundai and it was very compact. When driving on the freeway, other cars would drive in our lanes with us and push us out of the way. Crazy! I couldn't believe it. I thought Utah drivers were crazy, but obviously in a different way.

The cars also just put their emergency blinkers on and stop in the middle of the road, literally. Pedestrians walk whenever they feel and we almost hit one.

Despite the driving, it was so much fun to explore. The Fisherman's Wharf was not really my thing or Dallas', because we don't eat fish. However, Pier 39 was awesome and we ate by the water at Luigi's Pizza. Pretty good.

We saw the haunted Winchester House, but really it was quite amazing. All the details and she was very innovative for her time. We really enjoyed that.

We wanted to see Alcatraz, but it is booked way in advance. We didn't know and so we missed out. Oh well, we will see it next time!

American Idol was quite the experience. Meeting hundreds of people around you and in your section. Most of which are really good and brave to be attempting anything like this. It is very realistic, none of the producers or employees care about you. They make it very clear, just listen and you won't have to hear them yell at you.

I loved sitting next to the people I did, they were so much fun. Nervous just as much as I was. Some girls in front of us had binoculars and were studying the tables, which we noticed table 3 was barely handing anything out. The table consistently gave everyone 30 secs to sing, but sent them all home. Except some costumed people.

We all agreed we didn't want that table. There were not a lot of people in costumes, but the ones in costumes, automatically made it through and were escorted. Ugh, tv. Everyone was upset, but more at the fact that the first five sections took over 5 hours to get through. It was past 3 before they barely got to 109, we were in 110. So, we waited a long time.

In that time, they handed out a lot of golden tickets and once they got to 109, it sped up significantly and they sent mostly everyone home. We were just anxious to get out of the sun, we were basically getting fried. Not fun, actually one half of my body was red and then it gradually decreased to my normal color on the other side of my body.

I auditioned with the guy next to me and we were told table 3, we looked at each other and i said we are going home. I thought maybe they were giving people a chance, because when we got there they let this girl through, she couldn't sing. She was climbing on the table to seduce the male judge.

I looked to see how many tickets they had and it was not a lot. In fact they had 6 or 7 more sections to go through, so I knew not a lot would be getting through. Two groups went before us, most were amazing and people were clapping for them in the other lines. They acted like they were deliberating with the papers in their face and sent all of them home.

My group sang and she seemed into it and she basically said, "Here's how it is, your group has really great singers, but you are not what we are looking for."

That sucked and as soon as you leave the tent, they come over with scissors and cut your wristband off and make you exit. In a matter of seconds, so you are still processing it and it sucks.

I admit, I was really sad, especially when there are so many people who were there for the right reasons. They only care about rating, certain tables are designated for certain people. You only have a true chance at a few. Mine was looking for bad singers and crazy people. So when they say you are not what they are looking for, it's true. You are a bad singer or crazy and no matter how good, they can't let you through. Sucks, but it is life.

Hopefully the online auditions are fair. It was great to meet people and I have never been around more talented people. And everyone needs rejections to become stronger.

Good luck to everyone that tried out!!